Tecnologia digital como estratégia de ensino do autocuidado do pé diabético.

Abstract

Among the complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), those related to the feet and lower limbs affect 40 to 60 million people worldwide. Thus, prevention is considered the main element in the approach to the diabetic foot. Thus, it is valid to consider the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide conditions that enable health education through the use of mobile applications of mHealth (mobile health) technologies. The study aimed to develop an educational digital technology (mobile application) for self-care, with a view to preventing diabetic foot. In addition to validating and describing the application's usability, based on the opinion of specialists in nursing, physiotherapy and medicine in Primary and Secondary Health Care and teaching/research. This is a methodological study aimed at the development and evaluation of a health promotion tool for people with DM. The study was conducted in three distinct phases, namely: the first, consisting of planning activities and elaboration of the didactic content; the second, designed to build/develop the technology itself and store it on a mobile platform, and the third, aimed at evaluating the usability and validation of the application by experts. The construction was guided by the Contextualized Instructional Design model and conceived in the period from October 2020 to March 2021. The results are presented in the format of two products: a technical product and an academic product. The first enabled the development of the Application entitled "EducPé - Education for the Health of the Feet" for mobile devices, officially published on the virtual platform of the Google Play Store in May 2021. The second describes the validation and evaluation indicators of the technology's usability . In the validation, 15 experts validated the first version of the application, regarding its content, suitability and appearance, with a global Content Validity Index (IVC) of 0.90 and Cronbach's alpha from 0,84 to 0,94. The study showed a usability of 95.27 for the mobile application reaching the maximum level of assessment (Level 80). “EducPé” proved to be practical, easy to understand and to have a high level of satisfaction from the perspective of this clientele, with strong relevance to be evaluated and used by the target audience.